Crenavolva traillii

Crenavolva traillii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Prionovolvinae
Genus: Crenavolva
Species: C. traillii
Binomial name
Crenavolva traillii
(A. Adams, 1855)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amphiperas traillii (A. Adams, 1855)
  • Crenavolva striatula trailli (A. Adams, 1855)
  • Crenavolva traillii hesperia Cate, 1973
  • Ovula dentata Angas, 1887
  • Primovula formosa Schilder, 1941

Crenavolva traillii, common name Traill's ovulid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, in the Indo-Pacific and off Australia (Queensland).

References

  1. 1 2 Crenavolva traillii (A. Adams, 1855). WoRMS (2009). Crenavolva traillii (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430691 on 5 June 2010.

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